Articles
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I Wonder If It Comes With Spritle And Chim-Chim In The Trunk?
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Go Speed Racer, Go Speed Racer, Go Speed Racer, Go! Now’s your opportunity to go like Speed in your very own Mach Five. This C4 Corvette-based custom has the look, but it’s doubtful it has all of Pops’ wonderful toys. But at $32,000 you might have enough left over to add those grille-mounted circular saws.
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The Rally Fighter and the Local Motors mindset
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Open source development. A term seemingly more at home in your last IT meeting than in a discussion about car design. However there is a new start-up automotive company that is looking to change that and there name is Local Motors.
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Last Call- Twice the Trunk Space Edition
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What’s better than one Ford Contour? Why one and a half of course. If you’re an A/V company looking for a place to store some of your junk in the trunk, then this guy wants to talk to you. Madison Craigslist.
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Last Call- Cars Are Too Complicated Edition
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It used to be you could fix most everything on a car with just a screwdriver and a set of open-end wrenches. And apparently, VWs needed even less than that.
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Hooniverse Asks- What's History's Greatest AMC?
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No other deceased U.S. auto maker generates as much blue collar love as does American Motors. Formed in 1954 by the merger of Nash-Kelvinator and Hudson, AMC was never invited to any of the “Big Three’s” parties, having, instead to stand around outside in the cold Wisconsin winter, peering in through the window at the…
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Huge 747 lands on Van; Driver Soils Himself; News at 11:00
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A Cargolux Boeing 747-400 freighter on a flight from Barcelona to Luxembourg was cleared to land on Luxembourg’s runway 24 in low visibility due to fog, when one of the tires from the large jumbo jetliner impacted the roof of a van parked on the runway at 12:53 local time. The airplane landed safely, the…
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My Eleanor: Two Wheels, 10 Horses, and Three Moving Parts Edition
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Ed. note: From time to time we are going to explore the two-wheeled world of the motorcycle. We kick off Two-Wheel Tuesdays with a story from our friend Tanshanomi and his two-wheeled Eleanor… enjoy! My dream car is not a car at all, but a motorcycle, and by many measures not much of one at…
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Parking Lot Magic
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8C2GnLHvNw[/youtube] Now if only they could do this in reverse so I didn’t have to walk so far when shopping at the mall.
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What Not to Pick Up Your Prom Date In
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Meanwhile, you might want to make sure you can afFORD the bail. Image source: [reddit]
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Name That Car
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Y’all know the drill- fire up those search engines because this one’s harder than week-old Krispy Kremes. Here’s a few hints- • VERY limited production • Not of European descent • The company that provided the engine has since gone out of business. Good luck!
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Last Call- RTD Bus Edition
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Few people realize that the Type 2 VW Bus had a one and a half ton load capacity. Of course, the original 43-hp wheezer made that a challenge, an issue this mid-mounted V8 with double quads shouldn’t have at all. Image source: [gtotiger68 via Flickr]
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I'd Jump That Shark: '87 M6 for Ten Grand
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The biggest problem with the current e63/64 six series is that it invites comparison to the handsome, pure sixers of old. The e24 M6 represents a pinnacle of ’80s grand touring class. No, it’s never going to be the cone carving autocross warrior the e30 M3 (another favorite) was known for, but this is the…
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Is the BMW Six Series the Best Sports Beater Ever?
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Tempting as it may be, we promise we won’t let the site devolve into a pre-1989 BMW fansite (although…it appears fuckyeahpre1989BMWs.tumblr.com is available), but we need you to bear with us on this one. This was originally going to be a post about a certain pair of 6-ers: one shell with no drivetrain and another…
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Hooniverse Asks- What Was Your Worst Car Repair Experience?
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Yesterday we asked about the bad experiences you had with buying a car, and you provided us with some great war stories about bad dealers, untrustworthy private sellers, and cars that weren’t all the ads said they were. Now that those nightmares are behind you, tell us what it’s been like to get them fixed.
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FreeRace Combines Demo Derby, Spec Racing, Autocross and Drifting into One Delicious Stew
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OyaVi2Dvd0[/youtube] Whoa. Why didn’t we think of this? Basically, the folks behind FreeRace take over a parking lot, set up a nice, wide autocross-ish course with barrels and barriers and let loose a few hoons in matching 370Zs. First one across the line wins; any and all shenanigans are fair game. Any downsides? We can…
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Cars and Coffee January 2nd, 2010
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The first Cars and Coffee of the new year was a doozy. Huge turnout, both in terms of spectators and cars. A decent crew of Hooniverse readers showed up as well, huddled together for warmth in the brutal SoCal winter. Hit the jump for a few highlights.